[Iron Budokan]

Here's my prediction. I think the improved gameplay will surprise everyone. The downer will come when gamers say, "Hey, my game doesn't look as eye-candy pretty as the uber-cool photos released by UBI."

And it won't. A lot of those in-game photos have been obviously tweaked for dramatic purposes.

Anyway, please remember the devs have said SH4 is built on an SH3 engine. There's only so much you can do with that. Please, don't get me wrong. I'm very eager to get my hot little hands on this game. I've already pre-ordered it like most people on this board. And if some elements in the game do suck canal water then I'm sure our superior modder community will do everything they can to correct those problems....

Finally, SH5 will be about German subs. SH3 sold too well for UBI not to return to that well once more....